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A trees score is determined by adding 3 measurements together, circumference in inches, measured at 4 1/2 feet above ground level {1 point for each inch}, height in feet {1 point for each foot in height}, and one-fourth of the crown spread. Add together the widest crown spread {nearest foot}, and the narrowest crown spread {nearest foot}, then divide by two to get the average ground spread, then divide by 4. * The state with the most registered national champion trees {largest of a particular species} is Florida with 163. * There are 23 names of trees {below} mentioned in the Bible. The one passage, Isaiah 41:17-20 has seven trees mentioned in it. It reads I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it. Acacia - {Acacia confusa} - Isaiah 41:17 - 20 Almond - {Amygdalus communis} - Numbers 17:1 - 8 Almug - {Pterocarpus santalinus} - 1 Kings 10:1 - 13 Apple - {Malus communis} - Joel 1:2 - 12 Broom - {Juniperus communis} - Psalm 120:4 Cedar - {Cedrus libani} - 1 Kings 6:1 - 38 Citron - {Ttetraclinis articulata} - Revelation 18:11 - 13 Cypress - {Cupressus macrocarpa} - Isaiah 41:17 - 20 Ebony - {Dalbergia melanoxylon} - Ezekiel 27:12 - 24 Fig - {Ficus carica} - Micah 4:1 - 5 Fir - {Abies cilicia} - Isaiah 41:17 - 20 Myrtle - {Myrtus communis} - Isaiah 41:17 - 20 Oak - {Quercus coccinea} - Ezekiel 27:1 - 9 Olive - {Olea europaea} - Deuteronomy 8:1 - 9 Palm, Edible Date Palm {Phoenix dactylifera} - John 12:13 Pine - {Pinus pinea} - 1 Kings 6:23 - 35 Planetree - {Platanus orientalis} - Genesis 30:25 - 43 Pomegranate - {Punica granatum} - 1 Samuel 14:1 - 3 Poplar - {Populas alba} - Psalm 137:1 - 3 Shittim, Setim - {Acacia seyal} - Exodus 26:15 - 28 Sycamore - {Acer pseudoplatanus} - Luke 19:4 - 6 Terebinth - {Pistacia terebinthus} - Hosea 4:10 - 13 Willow - {Salix safsaf} - Ezekiel 17:1 - 8 * There are no leaves, just thorns on the Saguaro Giant Cactus tree {Carnegiea gigantea}. The tallest one is located in the Sonoran Desert, in the Cave Creek Complex, Maricopa County, Arizona. It is approximately 45 foot 3 inches tall and 3 foot 3 inches in diameter. On June 21, 2005 it was injured in a fire started by lightning. It takes almost 10 years for this species of tree to reach 1 inch in height and approximately 75 years to begin to grow branches {limbs}. It produces dark red colored egg shaped fruit and it blooms in May and June, producing approximately 3 inch in diameter whitetish flowers with yellowish centers. In one out of approximately 200,000 Saguaro Giant Cactus trees, the top produces a mutation, making a crest called a cristate. * The definition {below} of the word tree varies among experts. Actually, the exact number of tree species worldwide is unknown. If we go with definition # 5, there are approximately 2,600. I f we go with definition # 1, there are at least 21,000 and if we go with definition #6, there would be 50,000 to as many as 100,000. 1 A woody plant growing on a single stem usually to a height of over two meters {approximately 6 foot 6 3/4 inches}. 2 A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown includes both gymnosperms {conifers} and angiosperms {flowering}. 3 A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown usually over 10 foot tall. 4 In arboricultural terminology, the definition of tree is a woody plant with one main trunk and a rather distinct and elevated head {crown}. If not altered through human intervention, true trees (such as elm trees) will, by definition, generally reach a height of 15 feet or more. 5 Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. 6 A woody perennial plant having a single usually elongate main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part. 7 A woody plant at least 5 meters {16 foot 4 3/4 inches} high with a main stem the lower part of which is usually unbranched. 8 A very tall plant that is mostly wood, except for its leaves. 9 A tree is a woody plant with a single erect perennial trunk at least 3 inches in diameter at breast height {DBH). Most trees have definitely formed crowns of foliage and attain heights in excess of 13 feet. 10 A tree can be defined as a large, perennial woody plant. * The Longleaf Pine {Pinus palustris}, native to the southern part of the United States, does not have heartwood until it is 18 or so years old. * The town of Flagstaff Arizona was named when On July 4th 1876 lumberjacks stripped the limbs from the tallest Ponderosa Pine {Pinus ponderosa} tree and then flew the American flag from it. * One acre of full-grown medium sized trees removes approximately 6 tons of pollution from the air each year. * One acre of average sized trees creates enough oxygen yearly to sustain 18 people. * The Oak {Quercus spp.} as of November 2004, is the official National tree of the USA as it is Germany's and Great Britain's. It is also the species of tree that is struck by lightning the most. * The tree that has traveled the farthest distance to be transplanted to date is a London Plane {Platanus acerifolia}, nicknamed Plane Ace. It was moved from Belgium and was replanted in the United Kingdom in January 2001. At the time, it was approximately 60 years old and almost 58 foot tall. * The tallest tree to date to be transplanted was the 30 year old Silver Birch {Betula pendula}, which was moved from William Garfit's nursery in Cambridge and was replanted at a lifestyle housing development in the south London suburb of Deptford. At the time, it was almost 64 foot tall.
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